Kathryn Minshew finally felt like a weight had lifted. It was September of 2013, and after months of back-and-forth, Michael Ferro, then-chairman of investment firm Wrapports, had at last signed a term sheet promising her career-advice startup, The Muse ...

Facebook has lost $35 billion in market value following reports that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm that worked with President Donald Trump in the 2016 elections, had unauthorized access to 50 million Facebook user accounts in one of its largest breaches ...

Uber has halted its autonomous vehicle operations in response to a fatal accident Sunday evening in a Phoenix suburb that has become a hub for testing self-driving vehicle technology. Uber has paused operations in Tempe, Arizona, where the accident ...

When physicist Stephen Hawking was 21, he received a death warrant. His doctors told him he would waste away with ALS. He would eventually lose complete control of his body and die within a few short years. Previously, Hawking was a bored, indifferent student.

So far, so good, say the top executives overseeing the Amazon Go, the online retailer’s first cashier-free grocery store. Customers have tended to linger, almost surprised that they can just leave the store without lining up, and returning frequently in ...

The police chief of Tempe, Arizona, where a woman was struck and killed by one of Uber’s self-driving cars Sunday, says the ride-sharing company is likely not at fault for the accident, following a preliminary investigation. Chief of Police Sylvia Moir ...

The popular—and controversial—Netflix series, 13 Reasons Why, focused on teen suicide, and in one episode, showed the life-ending act in horrible, graphic detail. Some have blamed the show for triggering copycat suicides, but Amy Powell, president of ...

If you saw Mick Ebeling skating the promenades of Venice Beach in Los Angeles, it’s fair to say you wouldn’t mistake him for a health care visionary. That’s okay, he readily admits he has “no credentials, no training, and no tangible reason to ...